Brave New World Vocabulary

Chapter Summaries

Hedonistiс – devoted to pleasureCognate – word a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral languagePneumatic – relating to or using air or a similar gasDisobliging – intentionally unaccommodatingFission – reproduction of a unicellular organism by cell divisionParadoxically – in a paradoxical mannerEnnui – the feeling of being bored by something tediousDidactic – instructive, especially excessivelyAnnihilating – wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destructionGhastly – shockingly repellent; inspiring horrorProle – a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)Prescience – the power to foresee the futureAnomie – lack of moral standards in a societyPrognostication – a sign of something about to happenPedagogue – someone who educates young peopleDenunciation – a public act of denouncingFretsaw – fine-toothed power saw with a narrow bladeProliferate – grow rapidlyViviparous – producing living young and not eggsVivacious – vigorous and animatedPeritoneum –